Les Baux-de-Provence (wine)
The wine region Les Baux-de-Provence is located in the west of the French wine-growing region Provence . The appellation overlaps with the larger Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence , under whose name the wines were produced before being classified as the Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée on April 20, 1995 . Due to stricter regulations , the red wines and rosé wines can in a certain sense be regarded as Grand Cru wines of the Provence wine-growing region, even if they do not officially have this classification. White wines are not permitted.
The vineyards are on either side of the small range of hills of the Alpilles south of the city of Avignon and cover 305 hectares of vineyards (as of 2005) in the six municipalities of Les Baux-de-Provence , Fontvieille , Maussane-les-Alpilles , Mouriès , Paradou , Saint-Étienne -du-Grès and Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in the Bouches-du-Rhône department .
In general, the harvest is subject to a quantity restriction of max. 50 hectoliters / hectare.
The red wine consists of at least two of the main grape varieties Grenache , Mourvèdre and Syrah . The combined share of the main grape varieties must not be less than 60% and no grape variety can make up more than 90% of the wine. The proportion of the secondary grape varieties Cinsault , Counoise and Carignan must not exceed 30% and the proportion of the Cabernet Sauvignon variety is max. 20%. The Carignan grape variety has not been replanted since 1995, so its share has been significantly reduced. The minimum alcohol content is 11.5% by volume.
The rosé wine consists of at least two of the main grape varieties Cinsault, Grenache and Syrah. The combined share of the main grape varieties must not be less than 60% and no grape variety can make up more than 90% of the wine. The proportion of the minor grape varieties Counoise, Carignan and Mourvedre must not exceed 30% and the proportion of the Cabernet Sauvignon variety is max. 10%. The minimum alcohol content is 11.5% by volume
literature
- Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . 2nd Edition. Hallwag , Munich 2003, ISBN 3-7742-0914-6 (886 pages, English: The Oxford companion to wine . Translated by Wolfgang Kissel).
- Pierre Galet : Cépages et Vignobles de France . Lavoisier Publishing House, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-7430-0585-8 .
- Benoît France: Grand Atlas des Vignobles de France . Éditions SOLAR publishing house, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-263-03242-8 .